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Are there any cities in Louisiana that aren't suburbs that you would say are improving?
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:57 am
Posted on 3/9/26 at 2:57 am
Meaning they're better off now than 10 years ago.
Youngsville, Metairie, whatever the north Louisiana equivalent not included
Youngsville, Metairie, whatever the north Louisiana equivalent not included
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Posted on 3/9/26 at 3:15 am to Chastains
Ruston has boomed over the last 10-15 years.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 5:23 am to Chastains
St. Joe
Posted on 3/9/26 at 6:40 am to Chastains
Youngsville would be a suburb of Lafayette??
Posted on 3/9/26 at 6:44 am to BHM
No, it’s part of the New Iberia metropolitan area.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:10 am to Chastains
No, the state (and most cities)will likely to get worse as long as this current generation of politicians are still in charge. Best thing I did for my family was to move away. I wasted years of my life waiting for Louisiana to improve.
This post was edited on 3/9/26 at 10:25 am
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:12 am to Chastains
Lake Charles was getting better until the hurricanes in 2020.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:14 am to Chastains
Lafayette is fairly stable to improving.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:18 am to jaTigerfan
quote:
Lake Charles was getting better until the hurricanes in 2020
The difference is the decrease in LNG expansion money and the effects of Covid. We are one of the exceptions where crime (especially youth crime) did not go down in the post-Covid spike era (like Baton Rouge)
The hurricanes sucked and were speed bumps but we have recovered there. We just don't have the same silly money flowing and have developed a crime issue. So we are not better than 10 years ago.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:23 am to Chastains
I moved to Hammond 20 years ago next week. It is far better now than it was then
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:28 am to Chastains
Are there any suburbs that are improving?
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:43 am to NIH
quote:
New Iberia metropolitan area
its actually the new New Iberia
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:53 am to Chastains
Its sad to see my native state become the bottom dweller it is today. Politics, fraud, and drugs have destroyed .
There really is little quality of life that would draw someone to want to live here
There really is little quality of life that would draw someone to want to live here
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:54 am to Chastains
All of the small town around Lafayette are dying.
Not talking about Youngsville and other suburb type towns.
Opelousas, Abbeville, New Iberia, Rayne, Crowley, etc are all dying.
People are squeezing in towards Lafayette and Lafayette is getting all of the sales tax revenue as everyone does their shopping there.
Not talking about Youngsville and other suburb type towns.
Opelousas, Abbeville, New Iberia, Rayne, Crowley, etc are all dying.
People are squeezing in towards Lafayette and Lafayette is getting all of the sales tax revenue as everyone does their shopping there.
Posted on 3/9/26 at 7:55 am to Chastains
quote:
Metairie,
Not a City...
Posted on 3/9/26 at 8:09 am to Chastains
Brusly St Martin
Posted on 3/9/26 at 8:11 am to Chastains
Bay st Louis 
Posted on 3/9/26 at 8:17 am to Chastains
Not that you can't find areas that improve but taxes, what we get for those taxes, and insurance will drive people away. No one with any real power cares to change that. Also, why would new businesses come here to get taxed and sued to death?
Posted on 3/9/26 at 8:20 am to Chastains
I don’t know how some of you function with the constant crying about the state on here.
I live in Metairie. My life is good, my family is happy, and I get to enjoy everything I like to do.
Some of you need to get off TD and spend some time outside.
I live in Metairie. My life is good, my family is happy, and I get to enjoy everything I like to do.
Some of you need to get off TD and spend some time outside.
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